Shloka 45
त॑ पार्थेनाभये दत्ते नमुचेर्भ्रातरं मयम् । न हन्तुमैच्छद् दाशा्: पावको न ददाह च,अर्जुनके अभयदान देनेपर भगवान् श्रीकृष्णने नमुचिके भ्राता मयासुरको मारनेकी इच्छा त्याग दी और अग्निदेवने भी उसे नहीं जलाया
taṁ pārthenābhaye datte namucer bhrātaraṁ mayam | na hantum aicchad dāśārhaḥ pāvako na dadāha ca ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: Nang ipagkaloob ni Pārtha (Arjuna) sa kanya ang kawalang-takot, hindi na ninais ni Dāśārha (Śrī Kṛṣṇa) na patayin si Maya, kapatid ni Namuci; at maging si Pāvaka (Agni) ay hindi siya sinunog. Sa gayon, ang panatang pag-iingat ang pumigil sa karahasan at nagpatibay sa dharma ng paggalang sa kanlungang naipagkaloob.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A granted assurance of safety (abhaya-dāna) must be honored: once protection is given, even powerful agents of destruction restrain themselves, showing dharma as fidelity to one’s word and compassion overriding vengeance.
After Arjuna grants fearlessness to Maya (Mayāsura), Kṛṣṇa abandons the intention to kill him, and Agni likewise does not burn him—indicating that the vow of protection changes the course of action in the conflict.